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Land access board urges agriculture mapping under Act 181 to plan farmland protection
Summary
The Land Access and Opportunity Board urged legislators to require regional planning commissions to include agricultural resources, prime soils and at‑risk parcels on future land‑use maps created under Act 181, arguing the maps are needed to strategically protect farmland and meet food‑security goals.
Jean Hamilton, director of program development for the Land Access and Opportunity Board (LAOB), told the committee that regional planning commissions (RPCs) are preparing future land‑use maps under Act 181 but that those maps currently reflect agricultural land primarily through "current use" and do not show future agricultural resources or underutilized parcels.
Hamilton recommended the Legislature require RPCs to include agricultural data layers such as current agricultural land, prime agricultural…
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